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Posted on 12/16/24 at 3:57 am to Arksulli
Posted on 12/16/24 at 3:57 am to Arksulli
Today in History: December 16
1431
King Henry VI of England crowned King of France (only English monarch to wear both crowns)
1773
To protest the tax on tea from England, a group of young Americans, disguised as Indians, throw chests of tea from British ships in Boston Harbor.
1835
A fire in New York City destroys property estimated to be worth $20,000,000. It lasts two days, ravages 17 blocks, and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, Merchants' Exchange, Post Office, and the South Dutch Church.
1944 Germany mounts a major offensive in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. As the center of the Allied line falls back, it creates a bulge, leading to the name--the Battle of the Bulge.
1950
President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea.
1978 Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression.
2003
President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which establishes the United States' first national standards regarding email and gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce the act.
2016
US State Department increases reward for information on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million
2020
Major winter storm hits US Northeast resulting in at least seven deaths and Binghamton, New York, receiving record 41 inches of snow
2022
Japan announces its biggest military build-up since WWII, amid concerns over China and North Korea
Born on December 16
1770
Ludwig Van Beethoven, German composer best known for his 9th Symphony.
1962
William Perry, pro football defensive lineman nicknamed The Refrigerator because of his size.
JOTD
Arlene Needs a Condom
Jane and Arlene are outside their nursing home, having a drink and a smoke, when it starts to rain. Jane pulls out a condom, cuts off the end, puts it over her cigarette, and continues smoking. Arlene: What in the hell is that? Jane: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet. Arlene: Where did you get it? Jane: You can get them at any pharmacy. The next day, Arlene hobbles herself into the local pharmacy and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms. The pharmacist, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely (she is, after all, over 80 years of age), but very delicately asks what size, texture, brand of condom she prefers. 'Doesn't matter Sonny, as long as it fits on a Camel.' The pharmacist fainted.
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Posted on 12/16/24 at 4:39 am to Armymann50
Morning all
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:04 am to kywildcatfanone
Good morning
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:07 am to Rockbrc
Morning
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:43 am to Armymann50
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1431
King Henry VI of England crowned King of France (only English monarch to wear both crowns)
Can Henry VI introduce me to Sophie Marceau?
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:49 am to Armymann50
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1944 Germany mounts a major offensive in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. As the center of the Allied line falls back, it creates a bulge, leading to the name--the Battle of the Bulge.
My great uncle from Newport, Arkansas was there...or so I've been told...
I believe it though.
Posted on 12/16/24 at 6:56 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 12/16/24 at 7:03 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 12/16/24 at 9:08 am to Armymann50
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Jane and Arlene are outside their nursing home, having a drink and a smoke, when it starts to rain. Jane pulls out a condom, cuts off the end, puts it over her cigarette, and continues smoking. Arlene: What in the hell is that? Jane: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet. Arlene: Where did you get it? Jane: You can get them at any pharmacy. The next day, Arlene hobbles herself into the local pharmacy and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms. The pharmacist, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely (she is, after all, over 80 years of age), but very delicately asks what size, texture, brand of condom she prefers. 'Doesn't matter Sonny, as long as it fits on a Camel.' The pharmacist fainted.
Hadn't heard that one before.
Posted on 12/16/24 at 1:19 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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Morning
Morning
Posted on 12/17/24 at 4:29 am to paperwasp
Morning all
Posted on 12/17/24 at 4:42 am to kywildcatfanone
Morning all
Posted on 12/17/24 at 6:06 am to Summer of Jimbo
Good morning
Posted on 12/17/24 at 6:20 am to Rockbrc
Today in History: December 17
546 Gothic War (535-554): The Ostrogoths of King Totila conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
1398 Tamerlane captures and sacks Delhi, defeating Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies by setting camels loaded with hay alight and charging them at the Sultan's armored elephants
1788 Russian army of Grigory Potemkin assaults and captures the fortress of Ocharov in modern day Ukraine after a 5 month long siege in one of the major events of the Russo-Turkish War
1903 Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft.
1939 In the Battle of River Plate near Montevideo, Uruguay, the British trap the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. German Captain Langsdorf sinks his ship believing that resistance is hopeless.
1944 U.S. approves end to internment of Japanese Americans. U.S. Major General Henry C. Pratt issues Public Proclamation No. 21, declaring that Japanese American "evacuees" from the West Coast could return to their homes effective January 2, 1945.
1965 Ending an election campaign marked by bitterness and violence, Ferdinand Marcos is declared president of the Philippines.
1989 The Simpsons, television's longest-running animated series, makes its US debut.
2007 Republic of Lakotah asserts independence from the United States
2020 French President Emanuel Macron tests positive for COVID-19, sending other European leaders into isolation
2020 King Carl XVI Gustaf says Swedish authorities have failed in their response to COVID-19, criticizing the country's controversial anti-lockdown strategy
2020 More than 300 school boys rescued after they were kidnapped from their school in Katsina state, northern Nigeria
Born on December 17
1937 US Lt. Gen. Calvin Waller, deputy commander-in-chief for military operations with US Central Command (Forward) during the First Gulf War.
1945 Chris Matthews, news anchor, political commentator; host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC.
1962 Richard Jewell, police officer who discovered pipe bombs on the grounds of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and helped evacuate the area before the bombs exploded.
JOTD
The old man and the bear.
One night, at the lodge of a hunting club, two new members were being introduced to other members and shown around. The man leading them around said,
"See that old man asleep in the chair by the fire- place? He is our oldest member and can tell you some hunting stories you'll never forget."
They awakened the old man and asked him to tell them a hunting story.
"Well," he began, "I remember back in '44', we went on a lion hunting expedition in Africa. We were on foot and hunted for three days without seeing a thing. On the fourth day, I was so tired I had to rest. I found a fallen tree, so I laid my gun down, propped my head on the tree, and fell asleep. I don't know how long I was asleep when I was awakened by a noise in the bushes. I was reaching for my gun when the biggest lion I ever seen jumped out of the bushes at me like this, 'ROOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!......' Well... I just shite my pants."
The young men looked astonished and one of them said, "I don't blame you, I would have shite my pants too if a lion jumped out at me."
The old man shook his head and said, "No, no, not then, just now when I said 'ROOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
Posted on 12/17/24 at 7:06 am to Summer of Jimbo
Why is Jimbo up so early?
Posted on 12/17/24 at 8:46 am to 1BIGTigerFan
Morning everyone. Don't forget... the holiday season is upon us. Now is the time to stockpile drugs and alcohol to survive being around family. Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:55 am to Arksulli
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Morning everyone. Don't forget... the holiday season is upon us. Now is the time to stockpile drugs and alcohol to survive being around family. Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
That's the beauty of having barely any family members left and no kids... holidays are such a chill, adult affair.
Heading to Sevierville this weekend to visit my sister and her husband (no kids) and my mother flew in from AZ, who smokes more weed than cheech and chong since she retired.
So yeah, good food, good weed, good people.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 10:00 am to Arksulli
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Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
Just bought the new MCX Spear 6.8 Sig Furry and 4,000 rounds of the 113 grain hybrid ammo. I'm ready.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 10:09 am to 1BIGTigerFan
Guns don't cause violence, lag does.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 10:22 am to Armymann50
Good Morning Army 
and the same to rest of you all.
and the same to rest of you all.
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